Triumph of the heart : forgiveness in an unforgiving world /
"A journalist, a journey, and the transformative power of forgiveness. Veteran journalist Megan Feldman had never considered herself a forgiving person. She'd just gone through a breakup and felt perfectly justified in hating her ex forever. But then she encountered a man who had truly for...
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New York, NY :
Hudson Street Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: How I reluctantly discovered forgiveness and why I set out to explore it
- 1. The heart of darkness : how two lives were taken and two friends were made
- 2. The science : is forgiveness natural, and does it provide health benefits?
- 3. Making amends : the role of redemption
- 4. A reckoning of origins : forgiving our parents
- 5. The ecology of trust : forgiveness in intimate relationships
- 6. A touch of grace : forgiveness as a spiritual (and secular) practice
- 7. The survivor : how one woman forgave the "unforgivable" in Rwanda
- 8. Chain reaction : the institutional habits that spread forgiveness in schools and communities
- 9. Living peace : how innovative international programs are setting the stage for forgiveness between longtime adversaries
- 10. Orange-yellow streams of light : a forgiveness ceremony
- Appendix : Forgiveness practices.